porch
IPA: pˈɔrtʃ
noun
- (architecture) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.
- A portico; a covered walk.
- The platform outside the external hatch of a spacecraft.
- A surname.
- (with definite article) The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).
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Examples of "porch" in Sentences
- A freckle faced boy stands on a porch.
- The ceilings of the porches are bead board.
- Boris appears on the porch of the cathedral.
- Over the porch doorway is a benefaction board.
- The visitor was standing in front of the porch.
- The porch contains Tuscan columns and adornments.
- It is in the wall of the porch of the church of Vallentuna.
- This is the building that has the limestone porch banisters.
- The hammock on the cabin's roofed porch was a coveted napping spot.
- The porch juts forward in front of the door with an additional pediment.